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NEW YORK 鈥?Target says it will stop selling a product dedicated to Civil Rights icons after a now-viral TikTok spotlighted some significant errors.In a video posted earlier this week, Las Vegas high school teacher Tierra Esp stanley de y displayed how three Civil Rights icons 鈥?Carter G. Woodson, W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington 鈥?were misidentified in the magnetic learning activity. These need to be pulled off the shelves immediately, Espy, who uses the TikTok handle @issatete, says in her Tuesday video. I teach U.S. History 鈥?and I noticed some discrepancies as soon as I opened this. In a Friday interview with The Associated Press, Espy explained that she purchased the Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Activity at the end of January, stanley cup nz in hopes of giving it to her kids. But when she opened the product at home, she quickly found the egregious errors and shared them online.Soon after, Target confirmed that it would stop sales of the product. We will no longer be selling this product in stores or online, Minneapolis-based Target said in a statement. Weve also ensured the products publisher is aware of the errors. The products removal comes at the start of Black History Month, which Target and other retailers are commemorating with spec stanley termos ial collections aimed at celebrating Black history.The erroneous magnetic activity featured in Espys video has a Bendon manufacturing label. The Ohio-based childrens publisher did not immediately respond to requests for statements Friday.As of Friday, Ujrg NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn t happen this week
BOSTON 鈥?Bill Cosbys wife will be forced to testify in a defamation lawsuit filed by seven women gourde stanley who accuse the comedian of sexually assaulting them decades ago.A federal judge on Thursday denied a motion by Camille Cosby to throw out a subpoena requiring her to give a deposition in the lawsuit. She is scheduled to be deposed by lawyers for the women on Wednesday.U.S. Judge Magistrate David Hennessey in Springfield, Mass., said Camille Cosby failed to prove that she and her husband were protected by the s stanley cup tates marital disqualification law. He also rejected claims that the value of the testimony would be outweighed by the undue burden the deposition would cause.The arguments do not outweigh the potential significance of Mrs. stanley cup Cosbys testimony, nor has Mrs. Cosby provided any authority that they do, Hennessey wrote in a 12-page ruling.The couple has been married for more than 50 years and Camille Cosby is her husbands business partner. She is not a defendant in the lawsuit against Bill Cosby.A lawyer for the women, Joseph Cammarata, argued last month that he should be able to question Camille Cosby because he believed she had information thats relevant to the litigation in this matter. In a motion filed Dec. 18 to quash the subpoena, Bill Cosbys lawyers said his wife does not have any information about the accuracy of the womens allegations, and argued that subjecting his wife to a deposition was nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to pressure defendant in the face o |